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Pakistan made it to the finals. (Photo-X/ACC)

The second semi-final match of Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 was played between Pakistan Shaheen and Sri Lanka A team. Like the first semi-final match, this match was also very exciting and in the end Pakistan team was successful in winning. However, a wrong decision of the umpire also played a big role in the victory of Pakistani Shaheen team, which snatched the victory from Sri Lanka. This incident that happened in the last over changed the entire match.

Pakistan Shaheen scored 153 runs

In this exciting match played between the two teams, Sri Lanka, batting first, scored 153 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. During this period, Ghazi Gor played the highest innings of 39 runs. Whereas Maaz Sadaqat contributed 23 runs. Saad Masood and Ahmed Daniyal played innings of 22 runs each, the rest of the batsmen flopped. On the other hand, Pramod Madhusudan bowled brilliantly for Sri Lanka A team and took four wickets for 29 runs in four overs. Tarveen Mathew also managed to make 3 batsmen his victims.

Sri Lanka lost the match in the last over

The Sri Lankan team, which set out to chase the target of 154 runs, made a strong start. The team touched the mark of 40 runs in just 3 overs. During this, Lasith Krospulle scored 27 runs in 7 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, Vishen Halambaj also contributed 29 runs in 27 balls. But after the dismissal of both these openers, Sri Lanka's innings faltered. Half of the Sri Lankan team returned to the pavilion at 78 runs only.

But Milan Rathnayake played a brilliant innings and brought the team back. Milan Rathnayake scored 40 runs in 32 balls and took the team closer to victory. But he was out in the last over due to a wrong decision by the umpire. Actually, Sri Lanka had to score 8 runs on the last 4 balls to win. Then the umpire gave out LBW to Milan Rathnayake. But the ball was going outside the leg stump. This decision of the umpire was very costly for Sri Lanka and it could score only 2 runs on the last 3 balls and lost the match by 5 runs. Now the final match will be played between the teams of Pakistan and Bangladesh on 23 November.